SallesNeto_BR wrote: Hey bro. I'm going to your country in June and I'd like some tips to set up the trip itinerary. Can you help me?

We'll stay 14 days in Russia. Kaliningrad, Moscow and Samara are must-visit places for us because Brazil will play there (Samara, if we were group champions). How much time should we spend in these cities? Is Samara a great destination?

We also want visit more two cities. I think St Petersburg is unmissable, am I right? What about Sochi or Krasnodar?

Vova12 wrote:In Russia there are no areas of cities that are dangeros for tourists.The problem is that very few people understand English.It is better to be in possession of the Anglo-Russian phrasebook ...

I know lots of people hate Shokoladnitsa, but for us foreigners it's pretty useful since they are everywhere in Moscow and they've got menus in English. Ukrainian chain restaurant Taras Bulba also has menus in many languages.

Vova12 wrote:Beware of taxi drivers! They can deceive yours!But this is a bad featur of taxi drivers around world ...

I imagine it's hard to call a taxi if you can't speak Russian, but it's much cheaper from my own experience.

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Another advice. Don't yield in underground stations. Just follow the people. If you stop, even if you think you're being polite, you may get pushed and insulted... It's happened to me

Armchair Fan wrote:Another advice. Don't yield in underground stations. Just follow the people. If you stop, even if you think you're being polite, you may get pushed and insulted... It's happened to me

Wow, brilliant metro map with smart solutions like the two circular connection lines. Wish we had that in Munich. But apart from bringing up the issue for 40 years nothing has happened.

How to grow rugby worldwide?Look at the world ranking in July. Teams ranked 1-10 have to play one team from 11-20 (they don't play in a regular competition) away the next year. 11-20 play 21-30 away and so on. Yes, it really is that simple.

If I'm not mistaken the second circular line isn't a purpose built one, but one using old cargo ones. But yes, they've got a very impressive Metro system and not only because of the beauty of central stations.

Armchair Fan wrote:If I'm not mistaken the second circular line isn't a purpose built one, but one using old cargo ones. But yes, they've got a very impressive Metro system and not only because of the beauty of central stations.

Yes, second ring is ground-based.You can for 1$ a ride around Moscow but there is nothing interesting there.

RugbyLiebe wrote:Wow, brilliant metro map with smart solutions like the two circular connection lines. Wish we had that in Munich. But apart from bringing up the issue for 40 years nothing has happened.

qwerty wrote:I'll be going for the group stage. Might pay a visit to the building works in Monino if I can be bothered to travel that far.

I think its much easier for you to visit the stadium "Slava"!

You go by metro along a small ring, the northern intersection with a gray branch, station Novoslobodskaya.

You rise to the top on the escalator. You come out and turn left and again to the left around the corner.You walk along the street Seleznevskaya 200 meters. Turn left between the white and red buildings.